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Extended family insist on attending 30-year-old's doctoral graduation in Miami, shun her when she refuses to pay for their accommodation: 'I was on the naughty list for canceling [the] vacation'

Ally Perry

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Aunt and uncle insist on getting custody of their 8-year-old niece for Thanksgiving and Christmas despite not contacting her for the entire year since her father's passing: 'They said I was keeping her away from them.'

Emmy Pratt

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Mom demands ex-husband takes 4-year-old son with different partner on vacation with long-distance girlfriend and kids, gets upset when they don't want to take him: 'The kids don't want to babysit on all our trips'

Ally Perry

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Dad allows his 7-year-old daughter to stay up all night after she constantly resisted her 10 PM bedtime, cries from exhaustion during her after-school activities: 'My wife questioned my parenting technique.'

Emmy Pratt

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35-year-old single woman skips Thanksgiving after her mom calls her an embarrassment for not having a husband and kids by now: 'Everyone else has a family. Doesn't that make you lonely?'

Emmy Pratt

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27-year-old vilified when she cancels a romantic vacation with her boyfriend to Japan because his mother decided to tag along: 'This is OUR trip, she invited herself without permission'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Mom pressures 16-year-old son to see his 16-year-old stepsister as his sibling because she's paranoid they'll start dating if they don't feel like siblings: 'They treat us like siblings and want us to feel like siblings, but we don't.'

Emmy Pratt

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German parents force 18-year-old to use $4K of his birthday money on his drivers license, let his twin sister keep all $4,500 of her birthday money: 'They’ve always told me that they‘d pay for my driver's license for me.'

Emmy Pratt

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'Don’t correct him, it disrupts his autonomy': Gentle-parenting mom lets her 5 and 3-year-old destroy her sister's house, until the aunt finally snaps after her nephew pours orange juice on her carpet

Jesse Kessenheimer

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College student refuses to use her new credit card to buy her mom new clothes and shoes, mom demands the card back: ‘I’ll keep it so I can use it when needed’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Wife ends 28 years of marriage after husband retires early, but leaves her carrying all the bills, moving house, and handling family crises: ‘He promised me when I moved up here that he would always take care of things’

Etai Eshet

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Stepmother insists on homeschooling her 12-year-old stepdaughter because of her medical issues, going against her and her mom's wishes: 'We already homeschool our 6-year-old.'

Emmy Pratt

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19-year-old gets accused of stealing food while housesitting at 31-year-old sister's house, family gets offended when he doesn't go to Thanksgiving:

Ally Perry

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'Budgeting isn't 'being poor' it's just... responsible': Wealthy 41-year-old parent refuses to buy her stepdaughter a $2100 designer handbag, then the spoiled teenager accuses her of pretending to be poor

Jesse Kessenheimer

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17-year-old takes grieving mom for birthday dinner, leaves restaurant when she berates the server: 'The waitress was crying'

Ally Perry

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‘Food is love. And James and Erica have never loved [me]’: 17-year-old refuses to meal prep for his estranged older brother’s family despite pressure from parents who always played favorites

Jesse Kessenheimer

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